Thoughts from a combined Apple/Linux/Windows geek https://doug.wiki/ 2026-04-15T00:11:36+00:00 https://doug.wiki/ https://doug.wiki/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2014-09-17T05:18:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://doug.wiki/qt/how_to_make_a_child_widget_expand_its_contents_outside_of_the_parent_widget_rect?rev=1410931098&do=diff How to make a child widget expand its content outside of the parent widget rect This is actually quite easy. The widget's windowFlags need to be set to something other than Qt::Widget (which indicates it's just a normal widget). For something that doesn't look like it's a window, Qt::SplashScreen should work well. Doing this turns it into a window, so its geometry is in reference to the entire screen. Enjoy! text/html 2014-09-17T05:18:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://doug.wiki/qt/start?rev=1410931115&do=diff Qt Stuff This is just a collection of random knowledge I've acquired about Qt. * How to make a child widget expand its contents outside of the parent widget rect